I could see that as a boss battle. reminds me of xenogears.

Oh man, I loved the soundtrack to that game!
"Like a proud wolf alone in the dark, With eyes that watch the world~"

Absolutely amazing and epics! ^^
This makes me want to decimate everyone that stands in my way muahahaha!

Also you needs to get on Skypes, I've got something for you!

Actually one part of this song reminds me of the Dark Star Core final battle theme from Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story, which means this song is just as epic :P

I loved Marjo and Luigi: Bowser's Inside story! I gotta look up that song to remember! =D

Just look up it on youtube, in fact I will save you the trouble :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckxy-i7Dc5U

OMG! Your totally right, especially that run with the notes going up and down! I didn't even know Yoko Shimamura did the soundtrack for MArio and Luigi 3, wonderful game!

Hahaha you might be able to give him a run for his money one day :P

I doubt it, she's such a seasoned vet, really blows me way with her stuff from Kingdom Hearts. And she a girl, I know not too many of them who are game composers but she really stands next to the best of the boys :3

Hehe oh yush and why are you not on Skype or MSN DX

Was working on something bro but I'll hop on there~

Aww okies, you don't need to if you are busy ^^;

And whoops my bad

Chops them all up!! XD

Muahahahaa *swings swords all willy nilly*

I like this. It definitely feels like something old school, somewhere between the SNES era and PlayStation era.

My main criticism is that it feels to me like this doesn't emphasize percussion as much as a lot of my favorite boss music does. Still like it, though.

Yeah, I don't know how to exactly word it even though I've studied music theory but I wanted to capture an old school hyper battle theme you'd hear in a early SNES or PSX game. I'm not sure what it was about their style or chord progression but it has such an epic feeling to it that is so influential to me <3

Hmmm...I'm trying to understand what you mean by emphasizing an older style. I know I added alot
of hi-hat action and some hyper drum fills that aren't really common with older game music. The main difference I can hear is I guess my drum beat is alot more hyper and in your face while older drum beats in games usuallly just kept beat with minor fills to let the melodies and chords shine. I actually had a more toned down drum line in a earlier draft but decided in the last 1/4 of the song to try something more hyper and crazy/complex. I'm sorry it didn't gel over smooth for you but I'm glad you still enjoyed the song and faved it :)

(Also I notice older boss battles loved to replace rock drum sets with orchestral timpani. Maybe for a more epic effect?)

Oh, no, it's a minor thing, I still like your theme.

Music is my absolute worst field of knowledge, most unfortunately. It's one of those things where I know what I like, but I can't put it in words.

Since I can't put what I'm thinking of in words, I'll show it. This theme takes the percussion thing I'm thinking about, and goes wild with it, from time 4:33-5:25:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRHnIZs5Vfc

When I died in that boss battle, I totally didn't mind, 'cause I'd get to hear that music again. Romancing SaGa rocks! But I can't find a translation to play 2 again! XP

It's cool dude, when we usually describe things, we use tangible details so when it's something as music, it's hard to describe in words.

Well I listened (and amazing battle music btw) and the drum work between 4:33-5:25 was really impressive. The composer let the drum pause at moments nd really incorporated some great tom tom and cymbal fills. Something I'll definitely aspire to do alas I'm just a amateur and not a pro like that guy obviously is

I loved the cymbal clashes in the theme.

Nothing wrong with not being a pro yet! Keep practicing! ^_^

I loved them as well and thanks Arocoun ^^ *smiles*

I've too been doing battle themes, considering those are the themes I, as you have already said, have been lacking. Love the upbeat, tensiony (yes, that's not a word) melody line in this~

Battle themes are fun but yeah, they don't pop up in my mind alot. I had to really sit down and work on this track unlike more slow paced, dramatic pieces which I'm apparently full of >->
Great to hear from a fellow composer, it's cool how only changing a few notes from each chord can make it full of tensiony (I'll accept it, I blame Joss Whedon, he started adding "y" to any word xD)
Thank you so much!